Drugs of Abuse/Toxicology
News on diagnostic systems for drugs of abuse and toxicology.
US DOJ Resolves Two Lab Fraud Cases
In one, a North Carolina lab allegedly billed for unnecessary urine drug tests, and in the other a Californian women submitted fraudulent claims for respiratory pathogen testing.
Florida Lab to Pay $4.425M Over Unnecessary Tests Billed to Medicare
Physicians Toxicology Laboratory had been accused of encouraging client healthcare practices to order drug tests for all patients regardless of medical need.
New York State DOH Approves Solvd Lab for Clinical PGx Testing
The company markets an assay intended to predict patients' risk of developing opioid use disorder, helping physicians tailor their use of these drugs.
Lab Owner Pays $235,000 to Resolve Urine Drug Testing Fraud Charges
According to the government, Tina Ball and her lab company knowingly billed North Carolina Medicaid for urine drug tests that were medically unnecessary.
Lab Fraud Settlement Nets Government $7.2M
A hospital, a laboratory, three lab employees, and a referring physician and his office manager have agreed to pay more than $7.2 million to resolve lab fraud allegations.